We arrived in Geneva after a couple of uneventful flights. We were on the brand-new American Airlines RDU -> LHR flight for the first leg, and the flight was delayed about two hours while they dragged in a replacement antenna, or something like that..much better than having the flight canceled! We had a long layover at Heathrow anyway, so it worked out well enough. Security in Heathrow was interesting. You didn't have to take your computer out of your bag, and you could leave your shoes on, but I had to go in a private room for them to inspect my leg brace. The TSA just wanded me in a public area. I definitely appreciated not having to hassle with my computer and shoes.

We got into Geneva at about 2 PM after a very long and slow line at passport control. Our host picked us up and gave us a brief tour of CERN, where we had some lunch. Afterwards we took the bus system (really a fantastic system) into the center of Geneva, where we promptly learned that everything closes at 6 PM! Oh well. We wandered around a bit, tried to find some grocery store to pick up some food, but those were all closed too. So we hopped back on the bus and got back to CERN.

Sunday was more productive. We found a grocery store in the airport (!) that was open, and stocked up on some picnic-style foods, and got back on the bus and headed to the Jardin Botaniques for lunch. The weather was beautiful! Now we are both exhausted and want to sleep. Jet lag works in mysterious ways. Tomorrow we are getting a private tour of some of the underground areas of CERN, and then I am giving my first of two presentations at the workshop.